Two days before the placement of the national budget for the 2026-27 fiscal year, a meeting of the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec) was held on Tuesday.
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman chaired the meeting, which began at 10am at the Public Administration Conference Room of the Cabinet Division at Secretariat and concluded at 1:15pm, said Prime Minister’s Deputy Press Secretary Hasan Shiplu.
LGRD and Cooperatives Minister Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, Finance and Planning Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury, Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed, Power and Energy Minister Iqbal Hassan Mahmood Tuku, Commerce Minister Khandakar Abdul Muktadir, Water Resources Minister Md Shahiduddin Chowdhury Anee, Health and Family Welfare Minister Sardar Md Sakhawat Husain, Agriculture Minister Aminur Rashid Yasin, Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Md Asaduzzaman, Education Minister ANM Ehsanul Haque Milon, and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Shaikh Rabiul Alam, among others, attended the meeting.
State ministers, advisers and secretaries of different ministries were also present.
Senior officials from the relevant ministries and agencies placed and discussed various development project proposals at the meeting.
The national budget for FY2026-27 is scheduled to be placed in Parliament on June 11 by Finance and Planning Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury.
Earlier, on May 18, the National Economic Council (NEC), chaired by Prime Minister Tarique Rahman, approved an Annual Development Programme (ADP) involving an outlay of Tk 308,924.83 crore for the next fiscal year.
Before that, on May 12, Ecnec approved nine major projects, including the Padma Barrage Project involving an expenditure of more than Tk33,000 crore.